|
Women |
Men |
6. HIV/AIDS |
6.1 HIV Prevalence and testing |
Percentage of youth HIV positive |
15-19 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
20-24 |
2.5 |
0.5 |
15-24 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
Percentage of youth who were tested for HIV and received the results in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
26.9 |
12.7 |
20-24 |
20.1 |
16.9 |
15-24 |
20.9 |
16.2 |
Note: Among youth who had sexual intercourse in the past 12 months |
6.2 Knowledge about HIV/AIDS |
Percentage of youth who knows the following ways of reducing the risk of getting AIDS: |
-abstaining from sexual intercourse |
15-19 |
79.8 |
86.2 |
20-24 |
81.5 |
89.2 |
15-24 |
80.6 |
87.6 |
-limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner |
15-19 |
83.1 |
81.5 |
20-24 |
87.5 |
88.7 |
15-24 |
85.2 |
84.8 |
-using condoms |
15-19 |
76.9 |
86.9 |
20-24 |
82.4 |
90.2 |
15-24 |
79.5 |
88.4 |
Note: Using a condom every time they have sexual intercourse |
Percentage of youth age 15-24 who knows that HIV can be transmitted by breastfeeding AND that MTCT can be prevented by the mother taking special drugs during pregnancy |
15-19 |
52.1 |
61.0 |
20-24 |
65.2 |
71.4 |
15-24 |
58.3 |
65.8 |
Percentage of youth who knows a healthy looking person can have AIDS virus |
15-19 |
75.8 |
83.2 |
20-24 |
86.9 |
92.0 |
15-24 |
81.1 |
87.2 |
Percentage of youth with comprehensive knowledge of AIDS |
15-19 |
45.3 |
49.0 |
20-24 |
57.1 |
59.0 |
15-24 |
50.9 |
53.6 |
Note: Comprehensive knowledge means knowing that consistent use of condoms and having just one uninfected faithful partner can reduce the likelihood of getting the AIDS virus, knowing that a healthy looking person can have the AIDS virus, and rejecting the two most common local misconceptions about AIDS transmission and prevention. |
Percentage of youth with knowledge of a source of condoms |
15-19 |
31.3 |
65.8 |
20-24 |
43.2 |
81.5 |
15-24 |
37.0 |
73.0 |
Note: Friends, family members and home are not considered sources of condoms |
6.3 Multiple sex partners |
Percentage of youth who had sex with two partners or more in the 12 months preceding the survey among those who had sex during the period |
15-19 |
2.3 |
4.9 |
20-24 |
0.8 |
4.3 |
15-24 |
1.0 |
4.4 |
6.4 Age mixing |
Percentage of youth age 15-19 who had sexual intercourse with a nonmarital, noncohabiting partner in last 12 months, with a man who was at least 10 years older than themselves |
15-19 |
8.6 |
na |
6.5 Recent sexual activity |
Percentage of never-married youth who had sex in last 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
3.2 |
5.3 |
20-24 |
7.7 |
13.5 |
15-24 |
4.7 |
8.7 |
6.6 Higher-risk sex and condom use at last higher-risk sex |
Percentage of youth who had sexual intercourse with a non-marital, non-cohabiting partner in the 12 months preceding the survey. |
15-19 |
53.0 |
96.4 |
20-24 |
10.3 |
37.6 |
15-24 |
15.3 |
48.0 |
Percentage of youth who used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey |
15-19 |
27.6 |
37.0 |
20-24 |
25.5 |
40.8 |
15-24 |
26.4 |
39.5 |